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president obama will not be there, his wife michelle obama will be there center stage. >> tracie potts is live with a look at some of the other big names this week. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are a lot of headliners this week, president bill clinton tomorrow but of course tonight the focus will be on really two people, mostly on first lady michelle obama on the stage which is right behind me, we've already seen her out there for practice run yesterday. she is working on the speech which democrats tell us is going to both tell us a little more about the president personally, what he's like as a husband, as a father, we saw some of that from ann romney in tampa. also we're told she wants to focus on his accomplishments and why she thinks people should give him another chance as president. also tonight the keynote spea r speaker, this was a role that president obama had twoyn 004, gave him attention, the keynote speaker is julian castro, the mayor of san antonio, the texas, an up and coming young rising democrat, only 37 years old. we'll hear him tonight as well. for t
president obama will not be there, his wife michelle obama will be there center stage. >> tracie potts is live with a look at some of the other big names this week. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are a lot of headliners this week, president bill clinton tomorrow but of course tonight the focus will be on really two people, mostly on first lady michelle obama on the stage which is right behind me, we've already seen her out there for practice run yesterday. she is...
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president obama will not be there, he's on the campaign trail. but his wife michelle will be. tracie potts also live in charlotte with a look at some of the other big names this week. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. she will be here on the stage behind me. she checked it out yesterday. we're told that michelle obama will talk not only about the president from a personal perspective as only she can do, as a husband, a father, but also that she very much wants to talk about his accomplishments and this could be seen especially to the swing voters, undecided voters, those in battleground states because she remains popular so for the democrats they feel it's a good way to kick off this convention which starts tonight. there will be other speaker, a number tonight, including identical twins, the mayor of san antonio and his brother who is running for congress in texas who will introduce him. the mayor is actually a national co-chair high scho co-chair, julian castro, an up and coming democrat rumored perhaps one day for governor, perhaps on a national ticket. he will have
president obama will not be there, he's on the campaign trail. but his wife michelle will be. tracie potts also live in charlotte with a look at some of the other big names this week. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. she will be here on the stage behind me. she checked it out yesterday. we're told that michelle obama will talk not only about the president from a personal perspective as only she can do, as a husband, a father, but also that she very much wants to talk about his...
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. >> reporter: in charlotte, michelle obama visited the convention hall where she speaks tomorrow. outside, democrats held a street fest and talked strategy. >> jobs. that's what it's all about. people want to know that there's going to be something to look forward to. >> reporter: in ohio, at a labor day rally of steel and auto workers, president obama looked back at the jobs he saved. bailing out gm and chrysler. >> i stood with american workers. i believed in american manufacturing. i stood by you. i bet on you. >> reporter: mitt romney took labor day off. paul ryan held a big rally in south carolina. >> the president can stay a lot of things, and he will. but he can't tell you that you're better off. >> reporter: in fact, barack obama will claim that thursday night. democrats here have high hopes. the gallup poll found the speech the president gave at his '08 convention, was admired by 60% of voters, a record. romney's speech last week, admired by just 38%. >> we'll see you tomorrow night. on air and online, we invite you go to to our website. decision 2012. that's nbcbayarea.c
. >> reporter: in charlotte, michelle obama visited the convention hall where she speaks tomorrow. outside, democrats held a street fest and talked strategy. >> jobs. that's what it's all about. people want to know that there's going to be something to look forward to. >> reporter: in ohio, at a labor day rally of steel and auto workers, president obama looked back at the jobs he saved. bailing out gm and chrysler. >> i stood with american workers. i believed in american...
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leading the charge on women, michelle obama. >> are you ready for this? >> reporter: in all, five of the prime time speakers tonight at the convention are women. charged with delivering tonight's official keynote address, julian castro, the 37-year-old mayor of san antonio. democrats hope his personal story will resonate with latinos. >> my mother worked very hard so that joaquin and i could have a very good shot in life and reach our dreams. >> reporter: joaquin is castro's twin brother, who will introduce him tonight. castro is one of six hispanics speaking tonight. but while modern conventions are tightly scripted affairs, before this gathering even started, a basic question tripped up the democrats. >> can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question of this election. >> reporter: while martin o'malley reversed himself the next day. >> we are clearly better off as a country because we're creating jobs rather than losing them. >> reporter: it hasn't stopped the republican ticket fro
leading the charge on women, michelle obama. >> are you ready for this? >> reporter: in all, five of the prime time speakers tonight at the convention are women. charged with delivering tonight's official keynote address, julian castro, the 37-year-old mayor of san antonio. democrats hope his personal story will resonate with latinos. >> my mother worked very hard so that joaquin and i could have a very good shot in life and reach our dreams. >> reporter: joaquin is...
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>> in charlotte, michelle obama checked out the convention hall where she speaks tomorrow night. outside democrats gathered and debated what barack obama ought to emphasize. >> bin laden and all of this, as far as health care, trying to change it. he stepped in a mess. it wasn't him that created it. >> i think he needs to shoot holes in what romney is going around mouthing off about. >> mitt romney's runningmate, paul ryan came to north carolina, claiming the president cannot run on his record. >> he can't tell you that you're belter off, simply put, the jimmy carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now. >> romney took the day off, boating at his home in new hampshire. a new gallop poll find romney got no boost from voters from his convention. like the republicans, the democrats are running a three-day convention, not four. like last week this one will climax on thursday night in primetime, jessica. with president obama's acceptance speech. >> steve, at the last convention before he, he became president, before he be came president, that speech had
>> in charlotte, michelle obama checked out the convention hall where she speaks tomorrow night. outside democrats gathered and debated what barack obama ought to emphasize. >> bin laden and all of this, as far as health care, trying to change it. he stepped in a mess. it wasn't him that created it. >> i think he needs to shoot holes in what romney is going around mouthing off about. >> mitt romney's runningmate, paul ryan came to north carolina, claiming the president...
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the first key messenger michelle obama checked out the arena this afternoon in advance of her speech tomorrow night. other key speakers include san antonio's mayor castro, massachusetts candidate elizabeth warren and former president bill clinton. all have their remarks aimed at key democratic constituencies. >> the obama campaign got another convention headache earlier this morning when the chairman of the california democratic party publicly compared paul ryan to nazi propagandaist joseph goebbels. the romney campaign took offense and called for a full repudiation of the remarks. the obama campaign did repudiate the remarks but did not call on mr. burton the chairman of the california party to resign. kate? >> chuck todd in north carolina tonight. >>> president obama spent this holiday on the campaign trail with a stop in a key swing state today before moving on to see flood damage in louisiana. kristen welker is traveling with the president and joins us from new orleans. good evening, kristen. >> reporter: good evening, kate. we are in new orleans where president obama took a deto
the first key messenger michelle obama checked out the arena this afternoon in advance of her speech tomorrow night. other key speakers include san antonio's mayor castro, massachusetts candidate elizabeth warren and former president bill clinton. all have their remarks aimed at key democratic constituencies. >> the obama campaign got another convention headache earlier this morning when the chairman of the california democratic party publicly compared paul ryan to nazi propagandaist...
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. >> reporter: the focus tonight will be on first lady michelle obama. democrats hope her popularity will draw on the fence voters. >> she'll tell the story of what he's done for this country and how she's been with him and seen him take these swift actions to help restore economic security. >> reporter: vice president biden arrives today. the president campaigning in norfolk today arrives wednesday. also today, delegates will show the party's platform, abortion rights, same-sex marriage, and extending tax breaks only for the middle class. tracie potts, nbc news, charlotte, north carolina. >> thank you, tracie. >>> coming up, yes, you do pay more for them, but the question is are they really better for you? we'll have the results of a new stanford study on the benefits of organic foods. you may want to change your shopping habits after this. >> reporter: bob redell live in the south bay. fresh from london. a couple of the men, u.s. gymnastics members of the team. we'll tell you what brings them here to san jose. that story coming up. >>> apple sets the d
. >> reporter: the focus tonight will be on first lady michelle obama. democrats hope her popularity will draw on the fence voters. >> she'll tell the story of what he's done for this country and how she's been with him and seen him take these swift actions to help restore economic security. >> reporter: vice president biden arrives today. the president campaigning in norfolk today arrives wednesday. also today, delegates will show the party's platform, abortion rights,...
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tonight michelle obama's marquis speaker visited hall on monday and got a walkthrough. the president arrives tomorrow. former president bill clinton is set to address the 6,000 delegates. much more here straight ahead. >>> also, savannah, are you wasting your money if you go out and buy organic food. it cost as lot more, supposed to be better for you. according to a study that's apparently for the true. we'll tell you more about that. later on "today's" professionals will be here. we have a lot to talk about. the next time you have too much to drink, can you probably blame it on the shape of the glass you're drinking out of. we'll be watching that. >> i'll be watching that with interest, matt, thank you. we want to begin with the national convention in charlotte. chuck todd, political director, white house correspondent. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. they begin the convention with a direct appeal to the voting groups crucial to the president's re-election, women and latinos. >> preparing for a prime time speech first lady arrived in charlotte
tonight michelle obama's marquis speaker visited hall on monday and got a walkthrough. the president arrives tomorrow. former president bill clinton is set to address the 6,000 delegates. much more here straight ahead. >>> also, savannah, are you wasting your money if you go out and buy organic food. it cost as lot more, supposed to be better for you. according to a study that's apparently for the true. we'll tell you more about that. later on "today's" professionals will be...
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which is why later that night, michelle said that the couch was the best place for obama to sleep. [ laughter ] forgetting about someone? here's some more campaign news. in a new interview, mitt romney's said that "modern family" is his favorite tv show. yeah. [ light laughter ] he said he especially loves the two guys raising that little girl while they wait for the perfect wives to come along. he loves that -- [ laughter ] [ as romney ] "i don't know what the deal is with cam and mitchell. they seem like best friends why just can't seem to find the right gal." [ laughter ] in that same interview, romney said he doesn't watch "keeping up with the kardashians." no. because if romney wanted to see rich people say dumb things on camera, he could just watch himself in that video from the fundraiser again. [ laughter ] he's got that covered. he can do that. he's got that covered. [ applause ] this is kind of cool. a new report predicts that 75% of cars will be self-driving by the year 2040. or as lindsay lohan calls that, "too late." [ laughter ] too late, man. come on. this is interesti
which is why later that night, michelle said that the couch was the best place for obama to sleep. [ laughter ] forgetting about someone? here's some more campaign news. in a new interview, mitt romney's said that "modern family" is his favorite tv show. yeah. [ light laughter ] he said he especially loves the two guys raising that little girl while they wait for the perfect wives to come along. he loves that -- [ laughter ] [ as romney ] "i don't know what the deal is with cam...
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michelle obama did the character. bill clinton did the unprecedented economic argument. and then president obama did the, you know, hey, the -- made the case for looking forward. each night seemed to have a theme that fit together. look at tampa. you did not have the same thing. it was all about trying to fix the likability ratings, but not a lot of memorable specific details for instance on what a mitt romney presidency would look like. >> yeah. and democrats have been chiding the republicans for not putting more meat on the bones on their ideas. on the other hand, the president's advisers promised there would be specifics in the speech. did you hear any new policy or substance? >> i heard nothing new. more of a -- you know, look, the incumbent trying to make the don't change horses in midstream and making the case that the same ideas he's been advocating that haven't been passed. he will now push to try to them be passed. you didn't hear, you know what, this is going to be how we'll deal with the debt and deficit or entitlement reform or how we'll deal with the housing
michelle obama did the character. bill clinton did the unprecedented economic argument. and then president obama did the, you know, hey, the -- made the case for looking forward. each night seemed to have a theme that fit together. look at tampa. you did not have the same thing. it was all about trying to fix the likability ratings, but not a lot of memorable specific details for instance on what a mitt romney presidency would look like. >> yeah. and democrats have been chiding the...
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. >> reporter: the new guidelines are supported by first lady michelle obama's campaign against childhood obesity. >> when we're talking about getting kids running around and playing again, it is important to understand that this isn't just about fun and games. this isn't a joke. it's about their health. >> reporter: schools can provide more servings of fruit, vegetables and low-fat milk for students who need additional calories. >> 850 calories is a nice lunch. that's filling. where the kids are saying they are hungry is several hours later for after-school sports and they don't have the energy to be able to do that. >> reporter: the "we are hungry" video has gotten more than 100,000 views since it was posted last week, a strong message from students who find their new lunch program hard to swallow. now in response to the parody a representative for the usda told nbc news the amount of food on a kid's plate is not much different than in years past. it's simply healthier. the new standards were developed using the latest science at the institute of medicine which determined the appropriat
. >> reporter: the new guidelines are supported by first lady michelle obama's campaign against childhood obesity. >> when we're talking about getting kids running around and playing again, it is important to understand that this isn't just about fun and games. this isn't a joke. it's about their health. >> reporter: schools can provide more servings of fruit, vegetables and low-fat milk for students who need additional calories. >> 850 calories is a nice lunch. that's...